What are the best books about Appalachia?

If you do not know about the Signs-Following Christians of Appalachia, who handle poisonous serpents as genuine expressions of their faith, you should. Covington spent a great deal of time with the Signs-Followers, eventually taking up the serpents himself before leaving the tradition behind. read more

These are more about history of the humans of Appalachia. NCTTC is about the settling of, life on, and the subsequent rape of the land and people on the Kentucky portion of the Cumberland Plateau. OSH is about the settling of the Great Smoky Mountains and the characteristics and activities of the people living there in the very early 1900s. read more

She is drawn to the Appalachian Trail, a 2175-mile footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine. Though her friends and family think she’s crazy, she sets out alone to hike the trail, hoping it will give her time to think about what she wants to do next. read more